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THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



summer and the year before at Ilfracombe. — John Henderson, Heme 

 Hill, S.E. 



Satyrus ^Egeria Type. — As the occurrence of the orange-coloured type 

 of this butterfly in Britain is sometimes questioned, I would say that I took 

 an example of it in June, 1884, at Dinedor Wood, near Hereford. — E. W. 

 Bowell, Chandos House, Hereford. 



Convolvuli in Yorkshire. — I had brought to me four Convolvuli be- 

 tween the 28th of August and the 3rd of September. I then thought it time 

 to look for them, and on the 5th of this month I netted three fine imagines, 

 and one each on the following three evenings, all in good condition. Since 

 then the evenings have been cold and stormy, and I have not seen any since 

 the 8th, but intend to have another look the first fine evening. I think it 

 rather odd that there is only one male out of the ten. — George Rose, Queen 

 Street, Barnsley. 



Sphinx Convolvuli at Cambridge. — Two specimens of this hawk-moth 

 have lately come into my hands. One was captured on the 19th of August, 

 having flown into a house near here (Mill road). It was in splendid con- 

 dition and apparently just emerged. The other was knocked down by a boy 

 with his hat, a few days ago as it was flying on the Newmarket road, just 

 outside the town. Its captor assured me he had seen two others near the 

 same spot, but was unable to secure them, being unprovided with a net.— 

 Albert H. Waters, B.A., Mill road, Cambridge, Sept. 15th. 



Luperina Cespitis in the County of Durham. — -When my friend, 

 Mr. Gardner, told me of his capture of L. cespitis, I had no doubt it was 

 new to the county, but on referring to the lists of the late Wra. Backhouse, 

 of Shotley, which are in my possession, I find that he took it at Shotley, as 

 far back as 1838. It was also taken (1873-5) by Dr. F. A. Lees, in Upper 

 Teesdale, The error was mine.*- John E. Robson, Hartlepool. 



AuTUiiN Lepldoptera at Airdrie. — On Saturday, 10th September, I 

 paid a visit to Airdrie to see some entomological friends, and if possible to 

 take a few C. Eavjorthii, which some seasons is very common on the moors in 

 the neighbourhood. On Saturday we tried the moss at Whiteriggs twice, 

 but with indifferent success. Owing to the heavy rain of the two preceding 

 days, the moss was a perfect marsh, and collecting was attended with many 

 inconveniences. We saw a good few Haworthii flying in the sunshine, but 

 the nature of the ground made it difficult to follow them without coming to 

 grief. However, we each managed to take some specimens, although several 

 of them were pretty much worn. N. fulva was also on the wing, and a 

 number of very fine specimens were netted. In the evening C. testata was 



